Connection direction conversion connector and wire harness

Abstract

An attachment member 12 of a connection direction converting connector 1a includes a frame-shaped second seal member 124 configured to seal between: a frame-shaped housing-side opposing surface 122a-6 of the attachment housing 122 that surrounds the accommodation portion that contains a connection portion between an attachment terminal 121 and a connector terminal 112 and faces the shell 123; and a frame-shaped shell-side opposing surface 123k of the shell 123 that faces the housing-side opposing surface 122a-6.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A connection direction converting connector comprising:
 a body connector; and 
 an attachment member to which the body connector is connected in a first connection direction, and to which a connection target is connected in a second connection direction that crosses the first connection direction, so that the attachment member relays connection of the body connector to the connection target, 
 wherein the attachment member includes:
 an attachment terminal formed in a bent shape including a first portion extending in the first connection direction and a second portion extending in the second connection direction, the first portion being connected to a connector terminal of the body connector, the second portion being connected to a terminal portion of the connection target; 
 an attachment housing containing a connection portion where the first portion and the connector terminal are connected to each other, and holding the attachment terminal such that the second portion protrudes; 
 a shell formed in a bottomed tubular shape, the shell containing, through an opening, at least an accommodation portion of the attachment housing for containing the connection portion so as to allow the second portion to be connected to the terminal portion, the body connector being connected to a surrounding wall of the shell, the connection target being fixed to a side of the shell formed with the opening; and 
 a frame-shaped seal member configured to seal between: a frame-shaped housing-side opposing surface of the attachment housing that surrounds the accommodation portion and faces the shell; and a frame-shaped shell-side opposing surface of the shell that faces the housing-side opposing surface. 
 
 
     
     
       2. The connection direction converting connector according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the attachment housing is fixed, in an axial direction of the shell, to the shell with a predetermined clearance, and 
 before the shell is fixed to the connection target, the seal member pushes the attachment housing from the opening according to the clearance, 
 when the shell is fixed to the connection target in such a manner as to press the attachment housing against the connection target, the seal member makes sealing by being crushed by the attachment housing. 
 
     
     
       3. The connection direction converting connector according to  claim 2 , wherein the shell is provided with a stepped boss, for receiving a screw, protruding in the axial direction from an inner bottom surface of the shell, the stepped boss including: a first pillar portion erected on the inner bottom surface; and a second pillar portion further protruding from a tip of the first pillar portion toward the opening to penetrate an outer wall of the attachment housing, the second pillar portion being thinner than the first pillar portion, the second pillar portion being longer by the clearance than a thickness of the outer wall, the stepped boss having a stepped surface at a border between the first pillar portion and the second pillar portion,
 the attachment housing is fixed to the shell such that, with a bolt screwed into the stepped boss the second pillar portion of which penetrates the outer wall, the outer wall is sandwiched, with the clearance, between a head of the bolt and the stepped surface. 
 
     
     
       4. The connection direction converting connector according to  claim 2 , wherein the housing-side opposing surface is formed with a seal groove in a frame shape in which the seal member in a frame shape fits in such a manner that a portion of the seal member protrudes toward the shell-side opposing surface with an amount of protrusion according to the clearance. 
     
     
       5. The connection direction converting connector according to  claim 4 , wherein even when the shell is fixed to the connection target, a portion of the housing-side opposing surface other than the seal groove and the shell-side opposing surface are away by a mutual distance that is smaller than a gap between the outer wall and the shell, the gap being a portion of the clearance. 
     
     
       6. A wire harness comprising:
 the connection direction converting connector according to  claim 1 ; and 
 an electric wire at an end of which the connector terminal is provided, the electric wire extending from the body connector. 
 
     
     
       7. A wire harness comprising:
 the connection direction converting connector according to  claim 2 ; and 
 an electric wire at an end of which the connector terminal is provided, the electric wire extending from the body connector. 
 
     
     
       8. A wire harness comprising:
 the connection direction converting connector according to  claim 3 ; and 
 an electric wire at an end of which the connector terminal is provided, the electric wire extending from the body connector. 
 
     
     
       9. A wire harness comprising:
 the connection direction converting connector according to  claim 4 ; and 
 an electric wire at an end of which the connector terminal is provided, the electric wire extending from the body connector. 
 
     
     
       10. A wire harness comprising:
 the connection direction converting connector according to  claim 5 ; and 
 an electric wire at an end of which the connector terminal is provided, the electric wire extending from the body connector.